It’s been playing in the media….
These two rich guys ARE having fun….
Don’t ANYBODY spoil it for them….
Cause they ARE in for a rude awakening……
First….
They do NOT work FOR the United States Govt.
They are just standing on the side like John Q citizen….
Second….
Their natural enemy WILL be Congress lawmakers….
Third…
Their natural enemy will ALSO be Trump department heads who won’t want any cuts from their budgets
Fourth…
Trump IS gonna get tired of these guys being in the headlines….
WAIT!….
“I don’t think they can do much on their own. They don’t have a lot of statutory authority. I was the last person, by the way, who was in charge of government restructuring and I failed miserably because everybody was against me. The House, the Senate, even most of the agencies. I remember the secretary of defense was against the things the president wanted me to do.”
— Former Trump White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, to Piers Morgan Uncensored, on the Elon Musk effort to cut government spending.
Just to emphasise MY point….
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) scoffed at the proposed “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) co-led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, labeling the agency “unconstitutional and illegal” during a Thursday appearance on “CNN Newsroom.”
“You know, they haven’t asked to meet with me, but the impoundment of funds that have been appropriated by the Congress is unconstitutional and illegal,” Lofgren, a former lawyer, told anchor Jim Acosta in the clip highlighted by Mediaite.
“There is no such ‘Department of Government Efficiency.’ It’s made up. So good luck to ’em,” she added.
Her comments were made hours before Ramaswamy and Musk are set to join House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) at the Capitol for meetings with Republican House members.
DOGE was created with the objective to “slash wasteful spending” and help restructure the government. However, Lofgren said President-elect Trump’s plans have to go through Congress before being affirmed under the law.
“If there is a plan President Trump wants to propose to the Congress, he should send it to us, but the Constitution does not permit the president to simply avoid what the Congress has done — that power of the purse is with the legislative branch, not the president,” she stated…..
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